This and that journal

Today after good tidy in the craft room a started my This and That Journal from stampin up, I can see this is going to be fun. It's like a mini scrapbook that you can do any time, doesn't have to be photos just stuff you collect maybe from a concert, day out at the park etc. you can buy stickers, washi tape and also a great date stamp too.

It will be on page 155 of the new catalogue which goes LIVE next Tuesday 2nd July 

I have decorated the front and will play around inside later 

Photo

Great cake from Maryvonne 

Brian's birthday

Spent time with friends

Stamping up make and take

Yesterday I was at demonstrator meeting where we did what is called a make and take, which simply means we make a card to take away with us, always fun, also we each get a little gift and mine was a Stampin   up bag, now wouldn't we all like that to be full of stampin up goodies.

Food food

Well good day today, I went to stampin up demo day, great fun, will post our make and take tomorrow but I left Brian in the kitchen and he baked two loaves of bread and also got our SolarDom  convection microwave oven out and cooked a roast chicken in 30 mins and then roast veg, I am a very lucky girl, and Bentley is hoping he is a lucky boy 

Stampin up card

Today I tried out the swallowtail butterfly stamp from stampin up. It's a large stamp and I got my idea from http://flowerbug.typepad.com/my_weblog/2013/04/freakin-birthday-bash.html. A great site. My colours are the same Pool Party and soft suede but my photo isn't as good, again a simple card, clear embossing and I think a great card,

A tidy up of the craft room

I decided today to have tidy of my crafty room, keep all my Stampin Up stuff in one place, tim Holtz in another, in other words clear the decks so I can see my table.

I discovered this wooden box which I decorated about 12 months ago, picked the box up at a garage sale and sanded, painted and decorated, looks pretty I think, but will probably add some more to it.

Lovely sunny day here in Albany to start but now looks like rain and feels cold, I have some Dahl made last week so that's for tea with rice. The quote in the frame is one of Louise Hay's and a favourite of mine 😄😄😄